
Top Picks ~ Week of April 16, 2007
DHA Demand for DNS Master Key Alarms Nations
By Deep Harm – Daily Kos (Mar 31, 2007)
Are Mobile Phones Wiping Out Our Bees?
By Geoffrey Lean & Harriet Shawcross – The Independent (Apr 15, 2007)
Most…

Top Picks ~ Week of April 9, 2007
Sustainable Route ~ Documenting the continuing exploration of the ‘sustainable movement.
EatWild – The #1 Site for Grass-Fed Food & Facts
China’s Foreign Reserves Rise Past $1.2 trillion
By Joe McDo…

Naked Short Selling
Whether your goal is to transform our world, end corruption or protect your assets from the Tapeworm, the time has come to consider taking physical delivery of our stock certificates. It appears that …

The Syndicate Backing Francisco Betancourt
Late last year I had the opportunity to speak in Salt Spring Island. I returned to Salt Spring last month for a visit and Tangachee Goebl, the talented owner of Dancing Light Cottage had saved an arti…

It’s a Hit! — Money as Debt
In the last week, five of the most talented and lively members of the Solari Action Network have strongly recommended a new DVD called “Money as Debt.” It is an animated feature by artist and videogra…

A Continuing Care Community Navigates the Falling Dollar
By Catherine Austin Fitts
CAF Note: I recently wrote a letter to the CEO of a continuing care retirement community. I realized subsequently that the letter described a situation that many retirees—a…

Top Picks ~ Week of April 1, 2007
Fort Knox: Bretton Bacteria Outbreak
By Hirus Dhnow – The Applachian Sentinel (Apr 1, 2007)
“The Secret”: Creating a Culture of Cheerfulness as Rome Burns
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power (…

Top Picks ~ Week of March 19, 2007
Blanchard Research Note: Gold Rose Last Week Despite Heavy ECB Sales
By Neal R. Ryan – Blanchard & Co. (Mar 20, 2007)
Arabs Again Test Whether Their Dollars are any Good in US
By Lina Saigol & Stepha…

Top Picks ~ Week of March 12, 2007
Happy Anniversary! The Salt March Began on March 12
Salt Satyagraha – from Wikipedia
China Will Keep Buying US Treasuries, Wu Says (Update3)
By Christina Soon – Bloomberg.com (Mar 11, 2007)
Hoping t…

Top Picks ~ Week of March 5, 2007
How Can US Dollar Survive Profligacy Like This?
From US Rep Ron Paul (Mar 5, 2007)
Critic of Russian Governmenrt Shot in Adelphi
By Dennis Carter – gazette.net (Mar 5, 2007)
If Pigs Had Wings: The A…

Top Picks ~ Week of February 19, 2007
“Vulture Fund” Companies Buy up Debt of Poor Countries at Cheap Prices
From Democracy Now! – Greg Palast (Feb 16, 2007)
Putin’s Speech at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy
By President Vl…

Top Picks ~ Week of February 12, 2007
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Online Headquarters
What is the Real Cost of Corn Ethanol? – Extracts
By Ronald R. Cooke – Sanders Research (Feb 12, 2007)
Libby & Destruction of CIA Counter-Prolifera…

Top Picks ~ Week of February 5, 2007
3D Bar Graph of the Number of Financial Transactions Worldwide
FCC Fudges its Broadband Report — But Finally Gets One Thing Right!
By David S. Isenberg – isen.blog (Feb 5, 2007)
Dark Cloud Over Goo…

The Long Tail
One of the smartest technologists I know sent me an e-mail the other day. He said, “If I send you a book, will you read it?” I said yes, and I am glad I did. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business …

Top Picks ~ Week of January 29, 2007
Existing Home Sales Plummet in 2006
By Martin Crutsinger – AP (Jan 25, 2007)
Even Central Banks Can’t Figure Out Market Risks Now
By Gillian Tett – Financial Times, London (Jan 28, 2007)
Bill Moyers…

The Moneychanger — Latest Offer
Franklin Sanders’ newsletter, The Moneychanger, has a direct mail promotion going for one or two year subscriptions to the newsletter, his e-mail nudges and a new compendium of his interviews on healt…

Be Encouraged
What a great week for encouraging listening.
This weekend, I drove into Memphis to see The Good Shepherd. I listened each way to great ally Caroline Casey do her winter solstice solo, interview Graha…

Top Picks ~ Week of January 22, 2007
‘Horror movie’ trial begins of pig farmer accused of killing 26 prostitutes
Independent | 22 January 2007
WOW! Sustainable Agriculture – Miguel Altieri
Ph.D. Entomology – Univ of Florida
GM: New St…

Sam Smith, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways!
Sam Smith rates as one of the finest critical thinkers of our day. He just keeps hitting that ball out of the park. If you read the New York Times, I have a hard time taking you seriously. If you read…

Top Picks ~ Week of January 15, 2007
Revolution Arising from the Earth, Part I
By William Kotke – Speaking Truth to Power (Jan 15, 2007)
Children of Men: Everything Your Denial Keeps You From Seeing
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to …

Book Review: Ignotas Nulla Curatio Morbid – Political Ponerology by Andrzej M. Lobaczewski
Ignotas nulla curatio morbid – do not attempt to cure what you do not understand – is the opening theme in this study of evil. Political Ponerology is “a science on the nature of evil adjusted for pol…

Top Picks ~ Week of January 8, 2007
WOW! The Universe Gives Up Its Deepest Secret
By Steve Connor – The Independent (Jan 8, 2007)
Retrieving the Democrats’ Reason for Being
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (Jan 8, 2007)
Chavez …

Top Picks ~ Week of January 1, 2007
H A P P Y * N E W * Y E A R !
Baghdad Burning
Riverbend Blog (Dec 31, 2006)
NetGuard Service Extended to Business Customers
Scoop Independent News (Dec 29, 2006)
Lawyer Ends up Dead After Taki…

Top Picks ~ Week of December 25, 2006
Project Censored – The News That Didn’t Make the News
From Project Censored – (Dec 2006)
North Korea Selling Gold; May Have Up To 2,000 Tonnes
From Yomiuri Shimbum, Tokoyo (Dec 26, 2006)
Value of Eu…

A Prayer for Gary Webb
By Catherine Austin Fitts:
Gary, we gather in our hearts to say farewell
and to tell you how grateful we are for your presence in our lives.
Your courage and your talent helped us to face America’s…

Top Picks ~ Week of December 18, 2006
US Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins
US Mint Press Release (Dec 14, 2006)
Boston Air Traffic Controller Says 9/11 An Inside Job
By Paul Joseph Watson – prison planet.com (Dec 14, 200…

Letter to Investor’s Business Daily
Investor’s Business Daily
Letters To The Editor
12655 Beatrice St.
Los Angeles, CA
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Congratulations on your op-ed piece, “If U.S. Wins War On Terror, Why Not War On D…

Top Picks ~ Week of December 11, 2006
Gold is Cheap, Yamada, Banks Assert as Sales Pared (Update4)
By Pham-Duy Nguyen – Bloomberg (Dec 11, 2006)
US Dollar Facing Imminent Collapse?
By Jerone R. Corsi – WorldNetDaily.com (Dec 10, 2006)
O…

Questions to Inform Investment Strategy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
December 10, 2004
After a discussion this afternoon with loved ones, I thought I would write up questions that would be useful for a discussion with investment advisers and…

Top Picks – 1995
Jim Norman: Possible Motive for the Vince Foster Murder
FBI Cover Up | 07 December 1995
How did Hillary Clinton and the Israeli Mossad…

Top Picks ~ Week of December 4, 2006
China Seeks Direct Talks with OPEC
By Jim Krane – AP (Dec 4, 2006)
Revealed: The Real Rate of Inflation
By Edmund Conway – The Telegraph, London (Dec 4, 2006)
Bank of New York to Buy Mellon for $16….

Geopolitical – 12.01.2004
Verdict Favors World Trade Center Leaseholder
CNN | 06 December 2004
Airplanes at two separate times was…

Top Picks ~ Week of November 27, 2006
Parks Not for Sale: Stop Commercial Bioprospecting in our National Parks!
A site dedicated to informing the public about this
The Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change
From the “Challenges of a Chan…

Top Picks ~ Week of November 20, 2006
Derivates Market Grows by 25%
By Gillian Tett – Australian-FT Business (Nov 20, 2006)
Congressman: American Concentration Camps “On the Books”
By Steve Watson – infowars.net (Nov 13, 2006)
Gartman F…

Geopolitical
Fitzgerald, A. Ernest: Memorandum for the record, December 9, 1968
JEC | 18 November 1969

Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.00
Michael P. Mortara, 51, a Developer of Mortgage-Backed Securities
NY Times | 16 November 2000
Death, Mr. Mortara…Goldman… GS Ventures…mortgage-backed securities… packages…

Top Picks ~ Week of November 13, 2006
Paul McCartney’s ‘Ecce Cor Meum’ Live in Concert
NPR – Listen Online Tuesday 11.14.06 – 7:30pmET
White Dog’s Owner Ready to Move On
By Dianna Marder – Philadelphia Daily News (Nov 9, 2006)
Scholars…

Money & Markets – Week of 11.14.04
Wall St. Hurt Teamster Funds
CNN | 15 November 2004
Union pension funds performed

Top Picks ~ Week of November 6, 2006
US History Uncensored: What Your High School Textbook Didn’t Tell You
By Carolyn L. Baker – With a forward by Catherine Austin Fitts
Bush’s Chernobyl Economy; Hard Times are on the Way
By Mike W…

Top Picks ~ Week of October 30, 2006
Global Cash Glut Fuels Investment Frenzy, Pushing Up Rates
By John Fraher & Simon Kennedy – Bloomberg (Oct 30, 2006)
Hawai Court Restrains Health Dept. TB Skin-Testing: Student Wins Religious Freedom…

Hickory Valley, Tennessee — The Song
Good friend Dave Webb bought the farm next to me in Hickory Valley. He and his beautiful wife just came for a visit. While he was there, he wrote a song about Hickory Valley. It made my day! I have Da…

Pistis Sophia Workshop: Links on Global Spraying
“And Jesus answered Mary, saying ‘Ask what you wish, and I will reveal it to you openly and without analogy…” ~ Pistis Sophia
Thank you to Ulrike Granögger for this wonderful workshop and…

Top Picks ~ Week of October 23, 2006
How to Avoid Debt Slavery
From Life After the Oil Crash
America and the Dollar Illusion
By Gabor Steingart – Der Spiegel (Oct 25, 2006)
Is There a Relationship?
Caterpillar Boycott / Cat Charged wit…

Top Picks ~ Week of October 16, 2006
Costello Seeks Orderly $US Withdrawal
By John Garnault – The Sydney Morning Herald (Oct 18, 2006)
Great Lakes for sale! Michigan’s Odawa Indians Lead Anti-Nestle Fight
By Brian McKenna – The Free Pres…

Real Deal Dim Sum — Is the Popsicle Index Important?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Popsicle Index is the % of people in a place who believe that a child can leave their home, go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle (ice cream) and come home alone saf…

Popsicle Culture: A Backcasting as a Report to Shareholders
A thriving residential and business community in downtown Washington, DC has created a new model of what community really means. Solari Village resident Catherine Austin Fitts describes the scene and …

Howard Switzer to Richard Ciziks
My ally and candidate for Governor of Tennessee Howard Switzer just wrote a letter to Richard Ciziks, the evangelical Christian encouraging Christians to extend pro-life thinking to the full ecology (…

Top Picks ~ Week of October 9, 2006
An Interview with Green Evangelical Leader Richard Cizik
By Amanda Griscom Little – Cizik Matters (Oct 5, 2006)
The Real Story of Money (Parts I & II) Subscribers Only
By Glen Howe – Le Metropolecafe…

Top Picks ~ Week of October 1, 2006
Legislation to Reopen Hearings Into Cointelpro
Press Release: US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (Sept 24, 2006)
The Trillion Dollar Question: China is Grappling with How to Deploy its Foreign Exchange Riches
…

Unanswered Questions About Andrew Cuomo
By Catherine Austin Fitts
“HUD is Being Run as a Criminal Enterprise”
In 2000, three and a half years after Andrew Cuomo became Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (…

Top Picks ~ Week of September 25, 2006
Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades
By McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Brashears – American Sociological Review (2006, Vol 71 June:353-375)
Army Warns Rumsfeld …

Testimony of Anne Williamson
Testimony of Anne Williamson
Before the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
of the
United States House of Representatives
September 21, 1999
Before I begin my testimony, I want to take a…

Top Picks ~ Week of September 18, 2006
Feds Lower Boom on Alternative Money
By Barbara Hagenbaugh – USA Today (Sept 15, 2006)
Massive Surge in Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice Sparks Global Warning
By Michael McCarthy & David Usborne – The…

Francis Parvin Willits
Francis Parvin Willits, recognized as one of the most progressive and successful representatives of the agricultural interest of Concordville, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, is a member of a family th…

Memo on Community Databanks
Memo
To: A National Reporter
From: Catherine Austin Fitts
Date: Fall 1998
Re: Community Databanks, The Popsicle Index and How the $ Works In Your C…

Science & Technology – Week of 09.07.1977
The CIA Tells Meyerson University Participated in Secret Research (PDF)
The Daily Pennsylvanian | 09 September 1977
Behavior control research MK…

Top Picks ~ Week of September 4, 2006
“Orion” Project: Spaceship for Moon and Mars
By Traci Watson – USA Today (Aug 31, 2006)
Your Money or Your Life
Simple Living Network & The New Road Map Foundation
Chart: Money Stock Rate of Change…

Money & Markets – Week of 09.01.03
Soros Hires Executive to Lead New Credit, Lending Business
WSJ | 03 September 2016
(subscription) SFM Capital Mgmnt…

Anne Williamson Testimony
The Rape of Russia
by Anne Williamson
The following is Anne Williamson’s testimony before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives, presented Sept. 21, 199…

From Matt Savinar
In today from Matt Savinar at Life After the Oil Crash:
About a month ago I sent you a message regarding the absolutely fantastic
Chicago Tribune special on Peak Oil entitled:
Oil Safari
The author …

Top Picks ~ Week of August 28, 2006
The Real Dow Jones Industrial Average
By An Anonymous Analyst – iTulip.com (at Jul 7, 2006)
Congressional Election Nullified — Nobody Noticed
By Michael Collins – Scoop Independent Media (Aug 25, 20…

Ecological Options Network
Wonderful allies Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle at the Ecological Options Network have launched a new tv video blog at http://eon.blip.tv/. Check it out. Their DVD on cell towers are one of my mos…

What is Koha?
I asked my new friend Claude who lives here in New Zealand where I am visiting what the word Koha means. Being a beautiful writer, he sent me the following. With his permission, I share it with you.
…

Top Picks ~ Week of August 21, 2006
Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime
Source: US v $124,700 (US Court of Appeals, 8th Cir (Aug 19, 2006)
Wi-Fi Cloud Covers Rural Oregon
Associated Press (Oct 16, 2005)
Major Arms Soa…

9/11: Press for Truth
I spent the first day in New Zealand roaming Wellington to get set up for my time here. Special thanks to Alastair Thompson of Scoop Media for taking a whole day out of his busy schedule to teach me t…

Foreward: Crossing the Rubicon
A Matter of Life and Death
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The real deal on corporate media
In 1990, a New York Times reporter writing about my work implementing finan-
cial transparency and controls as …

From the Wilderness — In Good Hands
I would like to express my confidence in the new Editor of From The Wilderness, Carolyn Baker. FTW Publisher Mike Ruppert has decided to leave the United States. He has turned over the FTW editorship …

Top Picks ~ Week of August 14, 2006
The UK Terror Plot: What’s Really Going On?
Poster on Craig Murray Blog – Ambassador to Uzbekistan (Aug 14, 2006)
With this comment by Richard Moore:
Mr. Craig Murray is the former British Ambassado…

Important Message from GATA
9:41p ET Monday, August 14, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The Reuters story appended here about NovaGold’s
resistance to Barrick Gold’s low-ball acquisition
offer seems to be the most compreh…

Sad to Say
Associated Press reports that Representative Cynthia McKinney has lost her primary run-off election in Georgia. What is amazing is how much money and dirty tricks it looks like it took to get this res…

Top Picks ~ Week of August 7, 2006
AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data
By Michael Arrington – TechCrunch.com (Aug 6, 2006)
Buffett Timing Off in Dollar Strategy
By George Stein & Josh P. Hamilton – Int’l Hearld Tribun…

Embracing Sustainable Economics in the Real World
Well, I have had this conversation about four times over the last month and that means there is a cultural issue that welcomes illumination and discussion.
More and more people are finding that the b…

In From Flashpoints
** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY **
An open letter to the KPFT Houston community
From: the Flashpoints team
RE: The cancellation of Flashpoints during the expanding US-Israeli war against Lebanon and Ga…

Way to Go, FTW!
From the Wilderness has announced today that they have removed the link to Goldline from their website.

Buyer Beware — Know Your Coin Dealer
I have been e-mailing with a subscriber of From the Wilderness (FTW) who bought Swiss 20 Francs from Goldline, a firm linked to by the FTW website. Based on the figures he provided, it appears he has …

Top Picks ~ Week of July 24, 2006
Whole Foods Pledges Greater Support of Small Farms
Reuters – (June 30, 2006)
Fungi Perfecti
A family-owned company “specializing in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms for the health of the planet and it…

Too Good Not to Pass On…
In from one of the most insightful (and charming) members of our network, Kimberly Carter:
“….I am delving deeper into the source and mindset of the Tapeworm and deepening my connection with angels…

Escaping the Matrix
I just finished reading Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world by Richard Moore.
It has a good overview of how we got to where we are, excellent material on the import and feasib…

Shaolin Kung Fu
One of my lifetime top ten DVD’s is Shaolin Wheel of Life.
I just saw Myths and Logic of Shaolin based on a Solari Action
Network member recommendation. I enjoyed it.
The Shaolin practice is a remin…

Lebanon: Death & Dollar Up
Amazing how much better the dollar is doing since the attack on Lebanon started.
I spoke today with an investor who has a portfolio positioned to Navigate a Falling Dollar. He has watched the dollar …

Top Picks ~ Week of July 17, 2006
Second High-Ranking Afro-American Official in Bush Administration Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances
Wayne Madsen Report (July 15/16, 2006)
See also the articles on the two recent Enron deaths from …

Top Picks ~ Week of July 10, 2006
EVOLUTION & TRANSFORMATION
100 Mile Diet
Local Eating for Global Change
The Stop Shopping Monitor
Catherine’s Latest Interview on Flashpoints Posted at Reverend Billy’s Blog
BUSH & CLINTON ADMINISTRA…

A Must See
If you want to understand why it is essential that we reassert control of financial flows, including taxes and government securities issuance, see the documentary The Future of Food directed by Debora…

Top Picks ~ Week of July 3, 2006
More Massive Data Thefts
Wayne Madsen Report – Scroll down to 7/03/2006 post
Members of Corporate Media & PR Spin Machine
Wayne Madsen Report – Scroll down to 7/02-03/2006 post
Gold Shines After UAE…

Questing: A Guide to Creating Community Treasure Hunts
One of the great financial opportunities in America is reengineering the flows of money in places — and finding ways of creating liquidity between places without going through centralized financial i…

US Agricultural Subsidies: Who’s Who In Your Area?
Looks like the debate over agricultural subsidies is rising as the squeeze on the federal budget continues:
$1.3 billion crop subsidies shelled out to nonfarmers, by Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul, Sarah…

Citizens Enforcing the Law re: Federal Taxes
The following is an adaptation of a note I sent to a Solari Action Network member today.
Dear Sam:
I thought I would send some thoughts regarding your questions about a possible tax protest.
There …

A Remarkable Young Talent
For those of you who love Gospel and welcome a delightful musical infusion of vitality and life, check out DeWayne Woods singing “God Is” on “Donald Lawrence presents The Tri-City Singers FINALE – Act…

Top Picks ~ Week of June 26, 2006
More signs of housing bubble pop
By Mark Kiesel, Pimco Bonds
Referred by Larry Chin, Associate Editor of Online Journal
Former Chairman of Ex-Im Bank Missing at Sea
By Elizabeth Williamson & Eri…

The Life and Death Risk of Rising Interest Rates
My #1 source of financial news is Bill Murphy’s Le Metropole Cafe. It is subscription only. You can sign up for a free trial to try it. Just understanding the charts in Adrian Douglas’ piece this morn…

Geopolitical – Week of 06.27.05
Haliburton’s Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion
DPC | 27 June 2005
Report prepared for: Rep. Henry A Waxman and Sen. Byron L.Dorgan…

Chosing an Investment Advisor
The Solari Investment Strategy
Several years ago, one of our clients asked us to help him to develop criteria for choosing an investment advisor for his Trust. We think the resulting document doe…

Verses: Ficino School Song
When a Knight Won His Spurs
When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old,
He was gentle and brave, he was gallant and bold;
With a shield on his arm and a lance in his hand,
For God and for val…

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)
May 22, 2002
Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.)
114 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Van Hilleary for Governor
P.O. Box 680127
Franklin, TN 37068-0127
Re: Failure of Federal Agenc…

The Dow Jones in Gold Dollars
My week was topped off by a message from Franklin Sanders of The Moneychangers, another great way maker. He points out that “From an August ’99 top at G$925.42 (44.77 troy ounces) the Dow (Jones…

A True Thing
There are times when the walls start to close in on me. When that happens, I reach out for a true thing. Something that pushes the walls back out and that makes a way in my spirit.
This week I read t…

The Great “Incompetency” Heist
I never cease to be amazed at the extent to which successful policies are portrayed as failed policies, and the transfer of public resources to private parties are spun as the result of government and…

Right as Rain – New York’s Local Solutions Conference
I was back on the road last week — driving from Tennessee to New York to speak at Local Solutions to the Energy Dilemma, a wonderful conference hosted by: Peak Oil NYC, Local Energy Solutions, and Fi…

CACI Who? Some Thoughts on Who Prevents Transparency, Misplaces $3.3 Trillion and Profits from Prison Abuse in Iraq
[CAF Note: I originally published this on Scoop Media on May 3, 2004. Now that Presidential candidate Donald Trump has introduced a former Vice President of CACI as one of his key foreign policy advis…

The American Tapeworm
[This article was originally published in April 2003]
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A Tapeworm’s Triumph
The other day, a natural healing practitioner explained the strategy used by a tapeworm to pros…